different between morris vs morgan

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Moorish.

Noun

morris (plural morrises)

1. (weaponry) A type of pike.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.:

     Another kind of pike called a morris, that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.

2. A morris dance.

Verb

morris (third-person singular simple present morrises, present participle morrising, simple past and past participle morrised)

1. To perform morris dancing.

Etymology 2

From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.

Noun

morris (plural morrises)

1. A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.

References

English

Etymology

Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m????n/
• Hyphenation: mor?gan

Noun

morgan (plural morgans)

1. (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

Derived terms

• centimorgan

Anagrams

• Garmon, Gorman, garmon, mongra

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morgin.

Noun

morgan m

1. morning

Derived terms

• morganstern

Descendants

• Middle High German: morgen
  • Alemannic German: moorn, moore, moore

    Alsatian: Müggen

    Swabian: Morga, Moriga

    Walser: morge

  • Bavarian: Morgen, Muagn, Muang

    Cimbrian: mòrng, morgan, mòrgont

    Mòcheno: morng

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Meuend

    Luxembourgish: Mueren, Moien

  • German: Morgen
    • ? English: morgen
  • Hessian: Mojje
  • Vilamovian: miügia
  • Yiddish: ??????? (morgn)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morgin.

Noun

morgan m

1. morning

Descendants

• Middle Low German: morgen
  • German Low German: Mörgen
  • German Low German: Morgen, Morrn
  • Dutch Low Saxon: morgen, morren